- Safiu Kehinde
A middle-aged man identified as Ayoola Ayanwale, has reportedly committed suicide hours after he allegedly stabbed his wife, Ayobami, to death at the River Valley Estate area of Ogun State.
Ayanwale had allegedly stabbed his wife and mother of three multiple times on Thursday in their apartment after what some described as a heated argument between them.
The couple’s neighbours who heard a loud noise from their compound quickly rushed in, only to find Ayobami with deep cuts and in a pool of her own blood.
She was reportedly rushed to the hospital with the mother of three demanding for water while asking what her offence was for her husband to inflict such injuries on her.
Ayobami unfortunately gave up the ghost barely five minutes after they arrived at the hospital.
According to the neighbours, medical examination by the doctors revealed that she was stabbed close to her lungs which affected her breathing.
The distraught neighbors mentioned that the accused husband later came into the house to clean up all the blood traces.
The brother of the deceased said the accused stabbed his deceased sister five times on her breast, back, chest, all in the presence of their three children.
Barely 12 hours after the crime, the accused husband was found gasping for breath in an open field in the Sotubo area of Ogun State on Friday and was subsequently pronounced dead by a medical doctor.
Items recovered at the scene include a bottle containing a suspected liquid substance, two mobile phones, a voter’s card, and an ATM card.
The spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, confirmed the incident and said the command will soon release a statement about the incident.